Category Archives: Methuen City Council

The Mayor's Salary

Posted on September 5, 2011 by billmanzi

Today’s Tribune has a story about a proposal to lift the Mayor’s salary in Methuen to make it competitive with salaries paid to CEO’s in cities with similar populations and budgets. I filed this proposal on behalf of a group … Continue reading →

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Methuen's Updated List of Candidates

Posted on July 23, 2011 by billmanzi

The list of municipal candidates, refreshed from my last posting. Below each office/candidate listing will be the list of those certified by the City Clerk as having submitted sufficient signatures to gain ballot access. Information includes those certified, and those … Continue reading →

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Methuen Municipal Candidates List Updated

Posted on July 9, 2011 by billmanzi

The list of municipal candidates, refreshed from my last posting. Mayor Al Dinuccio- Ken Willette- Steve Zanni Councilor at Large (Elect Three) Jennifer Kannan*- Michael Condon- Joyce Campagnone*- Dorothy Kalil West District Councilor (Elect Two) James Hajjar* -Sean Fountain -Jeanne … Continue reading →

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Methuen Inaugural Ceremony Monday

Posted on January 3, 2010 by billmanzi

Please join us at The Inauguration Ceremony of Mayor William Manzi, the Methuen City Council, and the Methuen School Committee On Monday, January 4, 2010, 7:00 pm. At the Searles Building, the Great Hall. Reception to immediately follow refreshments to … Continue reading →

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Today's Tribune Story on Pension Obligation

Posted on December 31, 2009 by billmanzi

Today’s Tribune has a story on pension funding by the City of Methuen. The online version has a headline which reads “Mayor says City not able to pay pension money today”, which is not what I said. I said that … Continue reading →

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Methuen Preliminary Election Today

Posted on September 15, 2009 by billmanzi

Today, September 15th, Methuen will conduct its preliminary election, with polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The contested races are for West District Councilor, and for Mayor. The polling locations are the Tenney School for the East District, … Continue reading →

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School Budget Passed by School Committee

Posted on July 1, 2009 by billmanzi

The Methuen School Committee passed their budget on Monday night, and we were able to bring back the two band positions that will allow us to continue the level of instruction that we give today. It was a difficult budget, … Continue reading →

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Municipal Budget Passed

Posted on June 28, 2009 by billmanzi

Yesterday the City Council met in Saturday session to vote a municipal budget, which was approved unanimously. I will post the full budget here tommorow, and talk a little bit more on some of the specifics. The School budget was … Continue reading →

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Accord Reached with Patrolman

Posted on June 26, 2009 by billmanzi

I am happy to be able to announce that I have reached a tentative accord with Methuen’s Patrolman’s Union that will avert the twenty layoffs that had been scheduled to occur with the adoption of the FY2010 Municipal budget. I … Continue reading →

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New Head Start Building at Gill Avenue

Posted on March 25, 2009 by billmanzi

Today’s Tribune has the story of the proposal I have made to the Methuen City Council to lease parkland to the Head Start program at Gill Avenue so that they can construct a new building to house Methuen Head Start … Continue reading →

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